Name: | YORO |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/04/1911 |
Completed: | 05/1911 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 852 |
Dimensions: | 1462grt, 1052nrt, 270.1 x 39.2 x 16.6ft; (1915: 1698grt, 309.6ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 39 & 66 x 42ins), 347nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 129638 |
History: | |
01/05/1911 | Emerald Steamship Co Ltd (J Maxton), Belfast |
1913 | Vaccaro Bros SS Co Ltd (S D'Antoni), Ceiba |
1920 | Yoro SS Co (Vaccaro Bros & Co), Ceiba |
1924 | Mexican American Fruit & SS Corporation, Ceiba |
1928 | American Fruit & SS Corporation (Standard Fruit & SS Corp), Ceiba |
1933 | Seaboard SS Corporation (Standard Fruit & SS Corp), Ceiba |
1949 | McCormick Shipping Corp (Southeastern Terminal & SS Co), Ceiba |
1954 | Tropical Shipping Co SA, Panama |
1955 | Honduras Shipping Corporation, Puerto Cortes |
19/06/1956 | Burned |
Comments: | Accommodation for 40 x passengers |
1915: Lengthened to 309.6ft, 1698grt | |
19/06/1956: Burned out at Tampa after arriving from Esmeraldas | |
Wreck subsequently sold for breaking up |